William E. Jackson

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Jackson has served as Bemis Company’s Chief Technology Officer since 2013. Prior to joining Bemis, Mr. Jackson spent five years with Dow Chemical as VP of Global R&D for Dow Building and Construction. Prior to Dow, he spent 16 years with General Electric in GE Plastics, GE Lighting, GE Consumer and Industrial, and GE Corporate in leadership R&D and global market development roles.

Mr. Jackson formerly served as Chairman of the U.S. Industrial Advisory Board to the Department of Energy U.S./China Clean Energy Research Center and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Flexible Packaging Association. Mr. Jackson received his Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and received his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He currently holds 5 U.S. patents and has published over 40 papers in international journals.